H04N 5/272
Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay
Official title: Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay
H04N5/272 (Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay) appears on 2,557 US grants and 2,857 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 2,557
- Published applications
- 2,857
- Assignees
- 990
- Inventors
- 5,281
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 14 | 38 |
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| 2022 | 171 | 252 |
| 2023 | 229 | 285 |
| 2024 | 199 | 200 |
| 2025 | 196 | 127 |
| 2026 | 100 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Television video and/or audio overlay entertainment device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,792 B2
- Generating digital images utilizing a diffusion-based network conditioned on lighting-aware feature representations22 Sep 2026US 12,743,745 B2Adobe Inc.
- Camera tracking via dynamic perspectives22 Sep 2026US 12,743,793 B2NantStudios, LLC
- Method for replacing background in picture, device, storage medium and program product22 Sep 2026US 12,744,861 B2Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Method for image segmentation and system therefor15 Sep 2026US 12,737,896 B2Samsung Sds Co., Ltd.
- Methods, devices, and systems for video segmentation and annotation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311728 A1Wev Labs, LLC
- Interactive communication management and information delivery systems and methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260735 A1OpticSurg Inc.
- Changing video output based on detected objects3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261625 A1Motorola Mobility LLC
- Information processing device, information processing method, and imaging system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252298 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Electronic device for generating background screen and operation method thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253289 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for circular stapler control algorithm adjustment based on situational awareness580US 11,109,866 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021
- Subscription television system and terminal for enabling simultaneous display of multiple services452US 5,485,221 AScientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for unencumbered capture of an object408US 6,101,289 AElectric Planet, Inc. · 2000
- Method for adaptive control schemes for surgical network control and interaction396US 11,304,699 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2022
- Method and apparatus for providing animation in a three-dimensional computer generated virtual world using a succession of textures derived from temporally related source images338US 5,696,892 AThe Walt Disney Company · 1997